CLASS OF 1869 



Rutgers College 



HISTORY TO 1916 



CLASS OF 1869 



Rutgers College 



HISTORY TO 1916 



compiled by 

William Elliot Griffis 

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John Hart 

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MARTIN BAHLER 

East Orange, N. J. 

SON of Rev. Pierre Benjamin Bahler, minister in the Reformed Church 
in the Netherlands, and Harriet Charlotte Sames. Ancestors of grand- 
father came from Italy. One married Miss d'Espar, of illustrious ancestry 
in the French nobility. Father studied theology at Lausanne, Switzerland 
and was minister of a Walloon (southern French-speaking Belgian) church 
in Holland. Of this union, (Benjamin and Harriet), were born Louis H., 
Rutgers '61; Pierre G. M., Rutgers 1868; and Martin Bahler '69; the latter 
in Breda, the historic city of sieges and treaties, August 29, 1846, in the year 
of the discovery of the planet Neptune. Lived in the famous cities of Breda; 
Nymegen (home of Charlemagne) in Gelderland; Meppel; in Drenthe, at 
Hellendoorn; and in Deventer (from which place came the ancestors of at 
least four generations in Rutgers College) in Overijssel and in America at 
Albany, N. Y. Educated at a French preparatory school and had one year 
in the gymnasium (or high grade school) in the Netherlands. In Albany 
was two years and a half in the Boys' Academy. In childhood, remembers 
falling down stairs when eighteen months' old; being vaccinated when two 
years old; and falling into the water four or five times. Entered Rutgers 
College in the Junior class. Passed in Greek, without further examination 
by Dr. Cooper, on showing the mss. of his Greek oration written in Albany. 
While in the Albany Academy, took the "Principal's Prize" in English Com- 
position; also gold medal for same, awarded by the Beck Literary Society; 
and by the Young Men's Association for Fourth of July Essay. In college, 
took second honor and two prizes — for classics and for mathematics. At- 
tended the summer session of Lausanne University, in Switzerland, in 1902. 
For three consecutive years had charge of instruction in French, at the sum- 
mer sessions of the College of Middlebury, Vt. Since leaving college, lived 
in Newark about five years, at Summit, N. J., about seven years, and the rest 
of the time in Orange and East Orange, N. J., engaged in teaching. Since 
1900, head of the French Department at the East Orange High School. Re- 
ceived degrees of A.B. and Phi Beta Kappa in 1869 and A.M. in 1872. Elder, 
and leader of music, in Arlington Avenue Presbyterian church. In politics, 
Independent, but "always for Teddy." Recreation, mountain climbing- in 
the Adirondacks. Climbed Mount Marcy (5344 feet) about a dozen times. 
Married October 16, 1879, at Belleville, N. J., to Miss Annie Leslie, daughter 
of Henry L. Cadmus. Of this union were born Adrian Leslie, June 20, 1883, 
and Elsie Margarita (Mrs. B. H. Hutchinson), March 22nd, 1888. Has in 
type-script a work on French-English Homographs. J. H. 



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A class mate of Martin Bahler is glad to express his appreciation of the 
cultured father of the three sons who were graduated from Rutgers College, 
who, as he remembers, was a sunny old gentleman, of progressive orthodoxy 
and eager to read all of the writings of President James McCosh. In college 
rivalries — "emulation without envy" — we considered Martin Bahler the leader 
of the class (despite a certain flattening of vowels) in linguistic achievements. 
He not only took the prize in the classics, but he had no competitor. The 
three brothers (two now deceased) were fine specimens of Netherlands culture. 

W. E. G. 

EDGAR BERGEN 
Died April 24, 1896. 

SON of Jeremiah Bergen, farmer, at Flatlands, N. Y., and Jane Ann Lott. 
A descendant of Hans Hansen Bergen. Born at Flatlands, Long Island, 
N. Y., January 22, 1848. Lived there until entering college. Prepared at 
Erasmus Hall Academy, Flatbush, Long Island. First honor in college and 
valedictorian of his class. Phi Beta Kappa. Graduated with A.B. A.M. 
Rutgers 1872. Fraternity, Chi Phi. Studied law in the office of Gen. Philip 
S. Crooke, Brooklyn, N. Y. Admitted to bar, 1872. Residences since leaving 
college, Flatlands, until 1879; Flatbush, from 1879 to 1896. Justice of the 
Peace at one time at Flatlands. Elder for a time in the Flatbush Reformed 
Church, also Sunday School Superintendent in the Sunday School of said 
church for' five years. Member of the Flatlands, and then of the Flatbush 
Reformed churches. United with church at age of 14. A diligent student 
of the Bible. Republican. One of the most highly respected members of 
the bar in Brooklyn, and for several years before his death his practice was 
very large. Married,. in Fish-Kill Village, N. Y., September 12th, 1877, Ger- 
trude E. Mathewson. Children: Jeremiah Bergen, born September, 1878; 
Edgar Bergen, jr., born 1883, died April, 1888; Gertrude Lott Bergen, born 
November 26, 1891, a graduate of Vassar, 1915. Relatives among Rutgers 
alumni: Samuel Woodbridge Bergen, 1867, cousin. Rev. Samuel M. Wood- 
bridge, D.D., LL.D., a graduate of N. Y. U. and Professor in the Theological 
Seminary at New Brunswick, was an uncle by marriage, having married Mr. 
Bergen's father's sister. G. W. L. 

ROBERT DOIG 
Died June 16th, 1892. 

BORN of James Doig, iron-worker and builder, who came from Scotland, 
when young, to better his condition and prospered. His mother was 
Margaret Knox, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, whose mother came to America, 
on the death of her husband, in order to afford opportunities for her three 
little children, who grew up and became persons of influence, the son, Dr. 
Knox, being a widely known physician in Richmond, Va. Born in New York 
City July 11th, 1842, Robert lived there under private instruction. His 



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mother was a deeply religious woman and encouraged him to study for the 
ministry, and showed her warm sympathy with him during his collegiate 
and theological course. Graduated from New Brunswick Seminary in June 
1872, and on December 9th, 1872, at Berne, N. Y., was licensed and ordained, 
entering upon the pastorate of the Reformed Church in that place. Was 
in charge, also, of the first Reformed church at Beaverdam, in the classis of 
Schoharie. Faithful not only in pastoral and preaching services, but in pro- 
tracted meetings — after one of which he caught the cold which laid the foun- 
dation of the malady, of which he eventually died, after suffering for eight 
years or more. He held the pastorate of the Reformed Church of Scotia, 
N. Y., from 1885 to 1892. He was Stated Clerk of the Classis of Schoharie, 
from 1877 to 1885. In politics, Republican. On October 23rd, 1872, he 
married at Griggstown, N. J., Adelaide L. Garretson, daughter of Stephen 
Garretson and of this union, four children were born: Stephen Garretson, 
Arthur Knox, Myra C, and Edith G. He wrote the history of the town of 
Berne, Albany Co., N. Y., and a number of articles on local history in the 
daily papers and on church events in several periodicals. Robert Doig was 
always a cheerful, pleasant, student companion with only occasional fits of 
depression, conscientious and diligent in the ministry. He was a kind father 
and husband and beloved by the people whom he served in the gospel. 

W. E. G. 

THEODORE DOUGLAS FRAZEE 
Died August 25th, 1900. 

SON of Sylvester Frazee and Ann Symonds Brown. Born at Rahway, 
N. J., December 1st, 1838. Before entering college lived twelve years 
at Watkins, N. Y. Student and preacher while in college. Graduated in 
June, 1869. He competed for the English composition prize and for the logic, 
clear statement and strong discussion should, perhaps, have won the prize, 
which was awarded to his classmate "Curio." Was a member of the Alpha 
Beta Phi fraternity. Entered the Newark Conference of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church in 1863, after the three years course of study prescribed by 
the Conference. His pastorates were at Dunellen, N. J., New Dovy, N. J., 
Milford, Pa., High Bridge, Wortendike, Areola, and Branchville, N. J., Middle 
Smithfield, Pa., Belvidere, Oxford, and Washington, and Anderson, N. J., 
Rockland Lake, N. Y., Port Morris, N. J., and Woodrow Church, Rossville, 
S. I., his last charge, from 1897 to 1900. Was in the active ministry from 
1865, excepting the years 1883, and from 1885 to 1892, when supernumerary 
relations were taken, on account of ill health. In politics, Republican. Mar- 
ried, June 30th, 1875, at Dunellen, N. J., Mary Frances Morgan, daughter 
of Charles C. and Lucy A. Morgan. Of this union was born Florence Augusta, 
June 30th, 1876, who married, April 9th, 1901, Mr. Joseph Seguinne Decker. 
For ten years he was engaged in literary work, as editor of the magazine called 
The Cabinet and Review, published at Newark, N. J., from 1886 to 1892, 
and The Hudson Valley Bulletin, issued irregularly, from 1893 to 1897, He 



6 Class of 1869 

wrote and published a book called The Farmer's Niece, 1892. In 1874 he 
built the new M. E. Church edifice, at Highbridge, N. J., and in 1879 the 
new brick M. E. church building at Branchville, N. J. His fine humanity, 
earnestness, sincerity and brotherly feeling was a moral tonic to the class 
of '69, Older than most of us, his influence upon us all was like that of a 
kind, unselfish older brother. His name is an honor to the class. 

W. E. G. 

WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS 
Glen Place, Ithaca, N. Y. 

SON of John Limeburner Griffis, merchant navigator in many seas, 1816- 
1838; coal merchant, 1839-1873; retired 1873-1879; in New Brunswick 
1836-1841; and Anna Maria Hess. John L. Griffis was descended from the 
Welsh Grifuids, of the ninth century, mentioned in the Book of St. Chad. 
Captain John Griffis, born in England in 1756, was opposed to the policy 
of King George, came to America after the Revolutionary War and 
carried the American flag around the world. He was one of eight generations 
of Welsh Devonshire men who followed the sea. Dying April 2, 1807, he was 
buried within a few feet of Benjamin Franklin. His wife, Hannah Eyre, 
was descended from the Eyres of the family founded by a soldier from Rouen, 
France, who came in the army of William the Conqueror and was knighted 
on the field of Senlac or Hastings, A.D. 1068. Her ancestor, George Eyre, 
came to Burlington, N. Y., in 1727 and married Miss Mary Smith. Their 
three sons were Free Quakers; two of them, John and Benjamin holding com- 
missions as colonels in the Pennsylvania Line. John Limeburner Griffis was 
married in Philadelphia to Anna Maria Hess, April 11, 1837. Her ancestors 
were German Swiss, who came from Zurich, Switzerland, in the following of 
William Penn. Settled on Barren Hill, near Valley Forge, Pa., her father, often 
seeing Washington, Lafayette, and after the Revolutionary, making his 
home in Philadelphia, where she was born, April 5, 1812, and educated in 
English. Of the union of John and Maria Griffis were born seven children, 
six of whom reached adult life. As a bride, attended the commencement 
of Rutgers College, determining that her son, if choosing a professional life, 
should be there educated. William Elliot Griffis, second son and fourth child, 
was born at 7:30, on Sunday morning. Residence, before entering college, 
Philadelphia, except short summer sojourns in the country, trips to Balti- 
more and Washington, and three months' service in the 44th Pennsylvania 
Regiment in the Gettysburg campaign, in 1863. Dames' School, 1848-'50, 
Public Schools 1850-1860. Prepared for college, 1864-'65, under a private 
tutor in Philadelphia. Remembers two incidents in babyhood also confirmed 
by maternal testimony; Kossuth; the famous Butchers and Craftsmen's spec- 
tacular parades; the volunteer fire demartpent; Know Nothing and Roman 
Catholic riots; the launch of the U. S. S. S. Susquehanna (Com. Perry's 
flagship in Japan); Commodore Charles Stewart, or "Old Ironsides"; the 
return of the soldiers from Mexican War; the first Japanese Embassy; and 



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met many famous people at his father's house and in public. Silver medal 
Sophomore oration. Junior Prize Essay. Prizes (Senior) for Natural Science, 
and for English Composition. A.B., A.M., L.H.D., Rutgers (1900). D.D., 
Union, 1884. Librarian of Philoclean Society. Received also a Philoclean 
prize. Editor of the first Targum (broad side) January, 1869. With R. C. 
Pruyn, projected and founded the Monthly Targum, and, declining editorship, 
was voluminous contributor of notes, articles, verses, editorials, etc., 1869-'70. 
Subscribed for first football. Was one of the first teachers of the Japanese 
students in New Brunswick in 1866, and active in urging them to athletic 
habits. Kept a boat and often on the river. In first game of football. In 
Delta Upsilon fraternity, 1866-1869. Phi Beta Kappa. Reformed Church 
Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, 1869-1870. Union Theological Semin- 
ary 1876 and 1877. In Japan was a founding member of the Asiatic Society 
of Japan, and of the Mei Roku Sha, or Literary Society of eminent Japanese 
in Tokio, both societies still flourishing. Began in 1873, active agitation 
publicly and to influence Congress to return the $750,000 indemnity unjustly 
extorted from Japan (in 1863) which was done in 1883; and for the peaceful 
opening of Korea by treaty, which was done in the same year. In Schenectady 
N. Y., licensed May 15, 1877. Ordained May 31, 1877. Member of Reformed 
Church, 1861-1886. Ministry, 1877-1886. In Congregational body, 1886- 
1916+ . Residences since leaving college: Fukui, Echizen, Japan, 1871-'72; 
Tokio, 1872-74; Philadelphia, 1875; New York, 1875-77; Schenectady, 
N. Y., 1877-'86; Boston, Mass., 1886-'93; Ithaca, N. Y., 1893-1916+. In 
Europe nine times, 1869-1913, for study, investigation, travel and (eight 
times) on preaching tours, in the large cities of Great Britain and the Nether- 
lands, also in Paris and Belfast, Ireland. Connected with as member or officer 
of various literary, charitable, and patriotic societies, 1877-1893; President 
and founder of the DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, N. Y.; 
President of the Central Congregational Club, Syracuse, N. Y., 1895; Mem- 
ber of the A. B. C. F. M.; chosen member of the World's Congresses Auxiliary 
to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, on Historical Liter- 
ature, on Folk-lore and Missions. Chairman of the Congress of Comparative 
Religion, St. Louis, in 1903. Made honorary member of the Asiatic Societies 
of Japan and Korea, and of the Literary and Scientific Societies of Leyden, 
Middelburg. Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. Church connection: Re- 
formed (Dutch) Church in America, 1860-1886; Congregational, 1886-1916 + . 
Started with others (and was elder of) First Union Christian church in Tokio. 
Democrat at first. Republican 1865-1916 + . Inclined to be Independent in 
local elections. Avocation, pedestrianism, change of occupation, altruistic 
service, European travel. Have "done" on foot nearly every mountain group 
in Eastern United States north of Virginia, and several in Switzerland and 
Japan. Married (1), June 17, 1879, at Schenectady, N. Y., Katharine Lyra 
Stanton, graduate of Vassar 77, daughter of Professor Benjamin Stanton, 
Latin Department of Union College, and Catharine P. Coffin; (2), June 28, 
1900, at Pulaski, N. Y., Sarah Frances King, Vassar '90, daughter of Don 
King and Mary Gridley Baker, of Pulaski, N. Y. Both wives of English 



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ancestry. Children: Lillian Eyre Griffis, born in Schenectady, Dec. 31, 1883, 
graduate of Vassar College; Stanton Griffis, born May 2, 1887, in Boston, 
graduate and prize winner of Cornell University; John Elliot Griffis, born 
in Boston, January 26, 1893, student of art. Has owned over ten thousand 
books. Collected his first library in college which he took to Japan and gave 
away there; large Dutch library given to Hope College, and several special 
collections, including one on the Pilgrim Fathers and his entire Chinese and 
Japanese library to Cornell University. Has several unpublished manuscripts. 
Has written forty-one books, mostly for peace and good will among nations 
and peoples, but in the total for forty years, in the ups and downs of author- 
ship never made one dollar's profit above expenses. Has lectured over two 
thousand times. 



"I count among my highest achievements under God — service for my 
country in the 44th Penna. Regt. at 19 years of age. the introduction into 
Japan of technical schools, thus honoring manual labor; the influence of 
my special studies as to the part played by Holland in the making of the 
American nation; the instilling of correct notions as to Japanese civilization; 
the erection of 17 historical tablets, in Schenectady, Ithaca, and the Nether- 
lands. Reverencing historic truth as highly as religious truth, or any other 
sort or phase of truth, I have tried to do justice to the influence of the Dutch 
Republic on the formation of the American commonwealth (ignored by most 
American histriographers) ; to help Orientals and Occidentals to understand 
and appreciate each other, to do absolute justice in my writings to men of 
every creed, color, race, and civilization; to be a Christian and to serve my 
fellowmen. March 4, 1916." Data given and what is here quoted and written 
on the 50th anniversary of entrance as pioneer educator in Fukui, Echizen, 
Interior Japan. G. W. L. 



JOHN HART 

Neshanic, N. J. 

SON of William R. Hart and Mary Robb. Father a farmer, in early life 
a teacher and later holder of small political offices. Descended on paternal 
side from Friends, who came over with William Penn and settled in Bucks 
County, near Philadelphia. Born in Warminster township, July 17, 1843. 
Home at Jacksonville, Bucks Co., Pa., Post Office — Richborough. Educated 
in the local common schools, both at home and for four years in Montgomery 
County, and in the Rutgers College Grammar School, 1864 and 1865. Lived 
the simple life of a farmer's son. Took full course in college and received 
degrees A.B. and A.M. Treasurer of the class. In the Delta Upsilon fra- 
ternity and in Peithessophian Literary Society. In New Brunswick Theo- 
logical Seminary 1869-'72. Licensed to preach by the Classis of Philadelphia, 
May 29, 1872. Ordained to the gospel ministry by the North Classis of Long 



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Island, in the Locust Valley Reformed Church, near Oyster Bay, L. I., July 
2, 1872, and served this church as pastor until 1875. Accepted call to the 
Reformed Church of Neshanic, N. J., in 1875, and has since served this con- 
gregation. Membership from the first in the Reformed Church. Non-partisan, 
but has voted oftenest with the Democratic party. Recreation — gardening 
and care of parsonage lot. Married, October 23, 1873, at Locust Valley, N. Y., 
to Miss Anna F. Underhill, daughter of Judge Henry B. Underhill of San 
Francisco, Calif., the Right-of-Way Attorney for the Southern Pacific Rail- 
road, and Harriette T. Fish. Of this union were born Henry Underhill Hart, 
September 15, 1873, who died of pneumonia, January 25, 1911; William 
Reese Hart, August 31, 1877, pastor of Reformed Church in Jersey City, 
N. J., and Helen Raymond Hart (Mrs. Howard S. Giese) of Upper Mont- 
clair, N. J., born July 7, 1886. The two sons, as above, alumni of Rutgers 
College, Henry U., 1895, W. R., 1889. Has contributed articles to the local 
journals and The Christian Intelligencer. At three score and ten, in a pastor- 
ate already 42 years extended, is working vigorously. Successor of Rev. 
Gabriel Ludlow (D.D. by Rutgers College 1860), who was ordained and in- 
stalled over the Neshanic Church September 5, 1821, dying in 1878; who 
had succeeded Rev. Richmond Smith installed in 1785 and lived until 1820. 

W. E. G. 



CHARLES LUMAN KNAPP 
Lowville, N. Y. 

SON of Charles Martin Knapp, farmer, and Alzada Shull. Born at Harris- 
burg, Lewis Co., N. Y., July 4, 1847. Residences before entering college, 
Harrisburg and Lowville, N. Y. Prepared at Lowville Academy, Rutgers 
College Grammar School, and at Irving Institute, Tarrytown, N. Y. Grad- 
uated at Rutgers with A.B. Class president Junior year, and president of 
combined classical and scientific classes during Senior year. Senior editor 
of The Targum. Fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Read law in office of 
Judge Henry E. Turner, Lewis Co., N. Y., and graduated at Hamilton College 
Law School. Admitted to New York bar in 1872. Elected to the New York 
State Senate in 1886 and 1887. Appointed by President Harrison, Consul 
General to Montreal in 1889 and served until September 1893, when he re- 
turned to Lowville and resumed the practice of law. Elected as a Republican 
to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill vacancy caused by the death of Albert 
D. Shaw. Re-elected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty- 
first Congresses, and served from Dec. 2, 1901, to March 3, 1911. After that 
resumed the practice of law in Lowville again, and is still practicing there. 
Not a member, but attends the Presbyterian church. A Republican in politics. 
Married, June 26, 1887, at Oneida Castle, N. Y., Sarah, daughter of Hon. 
Daniel G. Dorrance. No children. See Congressional Directory, Washington 
1913, and Who's Who in America, 1914-1915. G. W. L. 



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GEORGE WARNE LABAW 

Preakness, N. J. 

SON of John Chamberlain Labaw, merchant and farmer, at Harlingen, 
New Jersey, and Mary Warne, a descendant of Thomas Warne, one of the 
twenty-four Proprietors of East Jersey. Born February 29, 1848, near Clinton, 
New Jersey. Other residences before entering college: Sergeantsville, Jer- 
sey City, and Harlingen, all in New Jersey. Entered Rutgers College Grammar 
School March 1, 1864, and Rutgers College, September, 1865. Sophomore 
orator. Delta Upsilon. Phi Beta Kappa. Third honor. Graduated with 
A.B., A.M. Rutgers, 1872. After graduation spent nearly a year in Illinois, 
mostly in teaching — four months, November-March, at Warrensville, DuPage 
Co., and three months, April-June, 1870, at Dunton, now Arlington Heights, 
Cook Co. Entered New Brunswick Theological Seminary 1870, and grad- 
uated in 1873, having spent first summer's vacation at Whiting, Maine, doing 
mission work under the auspices' of the Maine Missionary Society of the Con- 
gregational Church, and the second summer at Cooper, Maine, both in Wash- 
ington County. Licensed by Classis of Philadelphia, at Harlingen, N. J., 
May 27, 1873, and dismissed to the Classis of Saratoga. Ordained June 18, 
1873, by the Classis of Saratoga, at Northumberland, N. Y., and installed 
pastor over the Reformed Churches of Northumberland and Fort Miller. 
Resigned, July, 1874. Served the Reformed church mission at Ridgewood, 
N. J., for about three months in summer and fall of 1874. Pastor Reformed 
Church of Blue Mountain, near Saugerties, N. Y., November, 1874-October, 
1882; Colt's Neck, N. J., 1882-9; Preakness, N. J., 1889 to date. Stated 
Clerk Classis of Passaic, R. C. A., 1898 to date. Member Board of Super- 
intendents Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, 1908-1913. Member 
General Synod's Committee on Necrology, 1907-1912. Republican. Pub- 
lished: Several articles in various publications; Centennial Discourse at 
Preakness, 1901, in Paterson Morning Call, Nov. 2 L 1901; Preakness and the 
Preakness Reformed Church. A History, 1695-1902, with Genealogical Notes, 
the Records of the Church, and Tombstone Inscriptions, 1902, 344 pages; 
a Genealogy of the Warne Family in America, Principally the Descendants 
of Thomas Warne, born 1652, died 1722, one of the Twenty-four Proprietors 
of East Jersey, 1911, 701 pages. Aided also in compiling this pamphlet. 
Avocation, gardening and genealogy. Married, November 25, 1874, Catherine 
Beekman Mosher, daughter of Lewis H. Mosher, M.D., of Millstone and 
Griggstown, N. J. No children. W. E. G. 

EDWARD LODEWICK 
Died September 14, 1909. 

SON of Henry Casper Lodewick, farmer, and Sarah Van Sinderin. His 
great grandfather was the Rev. Ulpianus van Sinderin, born in the Nether- 
lands and minister of Reformed Churches at Brooklyn, Flatlands, Bushwick, 
New Utrecht, and Flatbush, 1746-'84, and at Gravesend, 1747-'65. Emeritus, 



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1784. Born at Schodack, N. Y., February 25, 1846, and after living at home 
received his preparatory studies at Chittenango in the family of Rev. James 
R. Talmage, at the Albany Academy, and at the New Brunswick Grammar 
School. United with the church at the age of twelve and often assisted his 
pastor. Was in college four years. Graduated from Rutgers in 1869, and 
from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1872. He was licensed 
at East Greenbush, N. Y., and ordained at St. Johnsville, N. Y., serving 
there as pastor from 1872 till 1875, and at Park Ridge, Pascack, N. J., twenty- 
nine years, when his health failed and he moved to Bound Brook. In politics, 
Republican. He married, on April 16th, 1873, Miss Mary Elizabeth Mettler, 
daughter of Wilson Mettler and Elizabeth G. Nevius. He enjoyed a successful 
ministry, putting his best thought into every sermon and excelling as a pastor 
but was never in good health. His widow erected a memorial tablet in the 
Pascack church and endowed in her husband's name a prize to the best preacher 
in the Senior class of the Seminary. 



ROBERT CLARENCE PRUYN 
60 State Street, Albany, N. Y. 

CON of Robert Hewson Pruyn, LL.Di of the class of 1833, lawyer, banker, 
^ adjutant-general of the State of New York, Minister of the United States 
to Japan (1861-1865), and Jane Ann Lansing. Born at Albany, N. Y., October 
23rd, 1847. Lived at Albany, N. Y., and Yedo, now Tokio, Japan. Edu- 
cated at the Wrightson's school and the New York State Normal School in 
Albany, and under private tutors. Had a remarkable early experience of 
travel and residence in Japan. Entered Rutgers College during the second 
term of the Sophomore year and greatly interested his classmate, Griffis, in 
Japan and the Japanese. He proposed that the enterprise of The Targum, 
or monthly (now weekly) newspaper of the College be started and was with 
his classmate co-founder of this periodical. In the Delta Phi fraternity. Has 
resided in Albany and was a manufacturer until 1885, since which time he 
has been president of the National Commercial Bank. Is director in several 
corporations and member of several Clubs, in Albany and New York, being 
one of the foremost citizens at the State capital. Member of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church. In politics, Republican. Married at Albany, October 
22nd, 1873, to Anna W. Williams, daughter of Chauncey Piatt Williams and 
Martha Hough of Albany, N. Y. Children: Edward Lansing, Ruth Williams 
(now Mrs. David M. Goodrich), Robert Dunton, and Freerick. His father 
was Robert H. Pruyn, of the class of 1833, who was also trustee of Rutgers 
College from 1853 to 1882, a donor to the library and a generous friend to 
students. W. E. G. 



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EDWARD DWIGHT SHEPARD 
Died January 13, 1912. 

SON of Blanchard Shepard, business man and president of the First National 
Bank of Hudson, N. Y., and Mary Warren Mellen. Born at New Or- 
leans, La., April 10th, 1849. Lived at New Orleans and at Hudson, N. Y. 
Attended school in Hudson and at the Grammar School in New Brunswick. 
He graduated in the class of 1869. Was a member of the Delta Phi fraternity. 
He engaged in the banking business and was head of the firm of E. D. Shepard 
& Co. of New York City, which did a large business in bonds. The firm was 
very successful until 1909, when apparently, through the extravagance of 
the junior partners who were left in control, the firm was forced into bank- 
ruptcy. He lived for some years in Brooklyn, but later years at South Orange, 
N. J. His church connections were the Reformed Church in Hudson, N. Y., 
the First Presbyterian Church, South Orange, N. J., and the Madison Avenue 
Presbyterian Church, New York City, at the time of his death. In politics, 
Independent Republican. He was married at South Orange, N. J., June 
3rd, 1879, to Miss Ellen Wright Newton, daughter of Frederick W. Newton, 
and Nancy Caryl Gibson, of South Orange. Of this union was born Frederick 
Newton at South Orange, February 24th, 1881, who died January 6, 1915. 

W. E. G. 

NICHOLAS TERHUNE 
Died January 22, 1892. 

SON of John N. Terhune, at one time Lay Judge of Passaic County, N. J., 
and Sophia Merselis. Born in Paterson, N. J., August 2, 1847, and lived 
there until he entered college. Prepared in the public schools of Paterson, 
and in Garret Hopper's private school, of same city. Graduated at Rutgers 
with A.B., A.M. Rutgers 1872. Fraternity, Zeta Psi. Residences since leav- 
ing college, Paterson and Passaic. Occupation, pharmacist at Passaic. Church, 
connection, First Reformed Church, Passaic. Married, October 15, 1874, 
Jennie 0. Kipp, daughter of John P. Kipp, and Jane Paulison. Children: 
Harold N. Terhune, born May 14, 1881; Irving N. Terhune, born July 20, 
1885. . G. W. L. 

MOTT BEDELL VAIL 

New Brunswick, N. J. 

SON of Edward S. Vail, lawyer, practicing in New York and New Jersey, 
A.B. Rutgers 1839, and A.M., and Kate Bedell. Great grandfather, 
Col. Daniel Bedell of Hempstead, N. Y., fought in War of 1812, at head of 
his regiment. Paternal grandfather, Hon. David W. Vail, was a member 
of the New Jersey Legislature for two terms, and mayor of New Brunswick 
in 1840. Born at New Brunswick, April 21, 1851. Residences before entering 
college, New Brunswick, St. Louis, Mo., Newark, N. J., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Prepared under Dr. Gustavus Fischer, school and tutor. Graduated with 



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A.B., A.M. Rutgers, 1872. Fourth honor. Philosophical oration. Phi Beta 
Kappa. President Peithessophian Literary Society. Class president Senior 
year. Athletic honor. Eight-oared boat race against town in 1868. Delta 
Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Columbia University Law School, New York 
City, May 1871, being under age. Admitted to New York bar, 1872. Li- 
censed to practice by Supreme Court of New Jersey November 6, 1879. Resi- 
dences since leaving college: Camden, N. J., and Philadelphia, two years 
Brooklyn, N. Y., nine years New Brunswick, N. J. Entered the Government 
Civil Service Law Department, New York City, in 1886, and remained until 
1911, when sight failed and he left. Practiced law in New Brunswick for a 
few years. LL.B. Columbia Law School, 187L Church connection, Episcopal. 
Vestryman in Christ Church, New Brunswick, 1882-3, also in St. John's 
Church, New Brunswick, after 1908. Avocation, reading. Owns 1,000 books, 
estimated. Married, October 23, 1882, in St. George's Church, Hanover 
Square, London, England, Frances Herbert, daughter of Hon. Charles Morgan 
Herbert. Private Secretary of Gov. Olden, 1861, Major on Staff and Military 
Secretary of Gov. Marcus L. Ward, and District Attorney of Middlesex Co., 
N. J., 1871. Relatives among Rutgers alumni: Theodore F. Vail, 1851, New 
York City; Hon. T. R. Westbrook, 1838, Judge Supreme Court, Kingston, 
N. Y.; Hon. Charles M. Herbert, 1857, New Brunswick, and H. M. Herbert, 
Sound Brook, N. J. G. W. L. 



JOHN TALMAGE VAN CLEEF 
Room 202, Commonwealth Building, Trenton, N. J. 

CON of Rev. Paul Duryea Van Cleef, D.D., pastor during fifty-five years 
^ of the Wayne Street Reformed Church of Jersey City, N. J., and Cata 
lina Underdonk. Born at Coxsackie, N. Y., July 9, 1849. Came with his 
father to Jersey City and received his preparation for college at Hasbrouck's 
Grammar School in Mercer Street, Jersey City. Entered Rutgers College 
in 1865, took the Myron W. Smith first prize in Sophomore oratory. Presi- 
dent of the class in 1868. In Zeta Psi fraternity. Appointed by the class to 
deliver the Master's oration, in 1872. Studied law in Jersey City in office 
of Washington B. Williams, Jersey City. Admitted as attorney in 1872, 
as Counsellor and Master in Chancery in 1875. Lived in Jersey City until 
1884, then at Lowville, N. J., from 1880 to 1894, from which time he has 
made Trenton his home. In 1873, formed with Abraham Van Horn (of Rut- 
gers, class of 1870, died 1905) under the firm name of Van Cleef & Van Horn. 
Was twice elected alderman from the Sixth Ward. Served ten years as Secre- 
tary of the Board of Finance and Taxation. In 1884 was tendered the posi- 
tion of Secretary of the State Board of Railway Assessors, serving in this 
capacity for ten years. In 1887 appointed as aide de camp on the personal 
staff of Governor Robert L. Green, serving for three years, with the rank of 
Colonel. Held the same office and honors, for a like time, 1890-1893, and 
later on the staff of Governor George T. Werts. In 1894 resumed the prac- 



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tice of law and is still active in his profession. Church connection, Presby- 
terian. Has written poems and satires on political events, published from 
time to time in the Trenton State Gazette and Trenton Times and Advertiser 
under the nom de plume of "Vee Cee," and now being compiled for publica- 
tion. Among relatives educated at Rutgers College are James Van Cleef, 
son of Peter Van Cleef, and Elliot Van Cleef, '98. Married, September 11, 
1873, to Mary Emma Jones, daughter of Wesley W. Jones^ of Rahway, N. J. 
Of this union two children were born: Catalina, July 1st, 1875, and Walter 
T., September 24, 1876, who died in August, 1908. W. E. G. 




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JOHN G. BERDAN 
Died April 23, 1878. 

SON of Garrabrant V. H. Berdan, farmer, and Ellen Sip. Born at Fair 
Lawn, N. J., February 3, 1846. Residences before entering college, Fair 
Lawn. Prepared in the Public School there and at Kinsella's Private School 
in Paterson. Was in college nearly four years. Residences since leaving 
college, Dundee Lake for about seven years, and then Fair Lawn. Druggist. 
Church connection, Reformed Church of Passaic, N. J. Married at Dundee 
Lake, November 30, 1870, Clara Jane Van Riper, daughter of Cornelius 
Van Riper and Catherine Messelis. Son, Cornelius Van Riper Berdan, born 
May, 30, 1872. G. W. L. 

JOHN ARTHUR BLISH 
Died October 21, 1914. 

SON of Samuel Blish. Born at Northport, Maine, June 3, 1849. Pre- 
paratory education at New Brunswick Grammar School. After leaving 
Rutgers College, lived in Brooklyn, N. Y.; Charlestown, W. Va., and New 
Brunswick, N. J. Associated as architect with Mr. George H. Parsell, and 
later with Mr. Alexander Merchant of New Brunswick, N. J. Married, 
March 13, 1874, to Miss Jane E. Brown, of New York City, leaving two 
daughters and one son. J. H. 

EDWARD WARREN CLARK 
Died June 5, 1907. 

SON of Rev. Rufus Wheelwright Clark, D.D., and Eliza Walton, his wife. 
Dr. Clark was pastor of Congregational churches at Portsmouth, N. H., 
East Boston, Mass., Brooklyn, N. Y., and of the First Reformed Church, 
Albany, N. Y. and author of numerous books and pamphlets. Mrs. Clark 
was a woman of fine intellectual power and social grace. Born at Ports- 
mouth, N. H., January 27, 1849, lived at home and prepared in the schools 
until he entered Rutgers College. An accident in boyhood, which severely 
injured his eyes, requiring several surgical operations, handicapped Mr. Clark 
all his life, greatly hindering, in both direction and results, a man of other- 
wise notable energy. After leaving college, he traveled with his classmate 
Griffis, in Northern Europe (through Switzerland together on foot). Studied 
theology during two years in the Ecole de Theologie, at Geneva, under Dr. 
Merle d'Aubigne, and later at the Episcopal Divinity School in Philadelphia. 
Through the application, in 1871, of Count Katsu Awa and the authorities 



16 Class of 1869 

at Shidzuoka, made to his classmate Griffis, then at Fukui, an invitation 
was sent to him to come out to Japan. After two years at Shidzuoka, 1871- 
1873, he taught chemistry and physics in the Imperial University 1873-'75, 
returning home by way of Asia and Europe. Had the honor, in 1874, of lec- 
turing before the Court and the full Imperial Household in the Mikado's 
palace, the Emperor thanking him personally and bestowing various tokens 
in the form of art works. Ordained to the diaconate in Holy Trinity Church, 
New York, January 1880, and to the priesthood in Holy Trinity Church, 
Philadelphia, June 1881. Held pastoral charges at the Church of the Epiph- 
any, Philadelphia, Pa., Church of the Ascension, Wakefield, R. I., and St. 
Peters by the Sea, Narragansett Pier, R. I. His later homes were at Talla- 
hassee, Fla., Columbia, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn. His uncle was Bishop 
Thomas March Clark, D.D., of Rhode Island. In politics, Republican. He 
was a great pedestrian, climber of mountains and fond of horseback riding. 
In 1878, he married Miss Louise McCullough of Stephen's Point, Wis. Of 
this union were born Edith Louise, September 2, 1880; Edward Warren, 
February 17, 1882; Naomi Walton and Ruth Lawton, twins, March 16, 1884; 
Henry McCullough, February 26, 1887; Robert Ernest, January 10, 1889; 
Lucius Leman, January 24, 1891; Marjorie Wellington, July 1, 1896. In 
1916, these were all living except two; two were married and there were three 
grandchildren. Fletcher Clark, class of 1873, was his younger brother. Author 
of "Life and Adventure in Japan"; "From Hong Kong to the Himalayas"; 
"Kats Awa: the Bismarck of Japan," and many letters in the Evangelist, 
N. Y. Evening Post, etc., from Japan. Thrice he accompanied parties of 
tourists around the world for the Clark Tourist Company of New York. In 
1904-'05, he was active in raising a fund for the widows and orphans made 
by the Russo-Japanese war. A delightful companion in travel, an interesting 
man and an eager and persevering student and ready for fresh enterprises, 
but seemingly erratic and changeful — all, it is believed, from the fearful 
nervous strain, suffered all his life, from eye-trouble. W. E. G. 



EBENEZER PLATT JOHNSON 
Died August 17, 1914. 

SON of Rev. John Gray Johnson, who was pastor of the Reformed Dutch 
Churches at Glenham and Upper Red Hook, N. Y. ; Graduate of Rut- 
gers College, 1836, and of the New Brunswick Seminary in 1839. Pastor 
at Red Hook from 1846 to 1870, and of Mary Gildersleeve Piatt. Born at 
Upper Red Hook, Dutchess Co., N. Y., May 9th, 1849. Grew up in his 
father's home and also lived some years with his maternal grandfather, Eben- 
ezer Piatt of New York City, while attending the University Grammar School. 
He was two years in Rutgers College and then going to Williams College was 
graduated in 1869. After college, studied law with his uncle, the Hon. Thomas 
Nelson, 55 Liberty Street, New York, in which city he lived until his decease. 
Held degrees of A.B. and LL.B. (Williams). Was a member of Rev. Dr. 



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Booths's Presbyterian Church, University Place and 10th Street. He was 
a member of the Morris Club at Mott Haven and spent his leisure hours in 
sculling on the Harlem River and in later life managed sail boats skilfully. 
He was married, in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Bloomingdale-on-Hudson, 
September 21st, 1871, to Mary Dorsey Disosway, youngest daughter of Cor- 
nelius Ryerss Disosway, a lawyer of New York City, from which time he 
practiced law in New York. The children of this union were Norman Gilder- 
sleeve, born June 22nd, 1872; Elsie Wilkins, born August 4, 1874; and Ellen 
Gray, born December 3, 1876, of which three, Norman survives, with three 
children. W. E. G. 

PARSHALL D. NICOLS 

Died June 16, 1906. 

SON of Barber Nicols and Lucy Parshall. Was born in Toronto, Canada, 
March 8th, 1845. Studied at the Lockport High School and for a time 
was a member of the classical section of the class of '69. He lived for a few 
years in New York City. Then removing to Pittsburg, he identified himself 
with the real estate business in that city. He founded the P. D. Nicols Real 
Estate Co. and was connected with the Land Trust Company. His church 
connection was first, with the Second Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg, Pa., 
and then with the Second Presbyterian Church at Sewickley, Pa. He was 
married at Sewickley, Pa., December 24th, 1874, to Miss Elizabeth A. Mc- 
Laughlin, daughter of John and Mary Carson McLaughlin. Of this union 
were born Audley Dean, September 21, 1875; Mabel Louise, February 25, 
1877; Alice Clyde, March 9, 1879; Verner, July 10, 1881; Lowell Warden, 
May 23, 1886; and Virginia, May 22, 1888, the latter deceased. 

W. E. G. 

GEORGE WHITFIELD ROBINSON 
395 Westervelt Avenue, New Brighton, S. I., N. Y. 

SON of James C. Robinson, manufacturer, many years elder in the Re- 
formed (Dutch) Church, Middletown, N. J., born in Baltimore, Md., 
and Susan Taylor, born in New York City. Born at Middletown, N. J., 
March 14, 1845. Residences before entering college, Middletown, N. J., and 
Tottenville, N. Y. Prepared in Tottenville Public School and had private 
instruction. Graduated Public School 25 New York City, 1864. In college 
two years. Fraternity, Delta Upsilon. Lawyer. Admitted to bar, 1879. 
Residences since leaving college: Tottenville, S. I., 1868-'70; Mariners' 
Harbor, S. L, 1871—; Tompkinsville, S. I., 1878—; Rosebank, S. I., 1880—; 
West New Brighton, 1905—; Tompkinsville, 1913—. Principal Tottenville, 
P. S., 1868-70; Mariners' Harbor, P. S., 1871-6; City Island, 1877; Tomp- 
kinsville, 1878-9; Stapleton, Superintendent Public Schools, 1880-'90; Rose- 
bank, 1890-4. Politics, Independent Democrat. Married, Tottenville, N. Y., 
April 19, 1870, Mary Gellette Ellis, daughter of Abram Ellis, Sheriff of Rich- 



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mond County, and Alice Murray. Children: George Bertram Robinson, 
born November 21, 1871; Eleanor Robinson, born May 10, 1874, deceased; 
Walter Eliot Robinson, born April 8, 1876, deceased; Susan Alice Robinson, 
born July 12, 1879; Ralph Mortimer Robinson, born May 29, 1882. After 
1896 entire time devoted to law practice. 1909-13 spent most of time in West- 
ern States — Colorado, Nevada, California, — interested in mines. Inherited 
mines of his brother William Isaac Robinson, a "Forty-niner." G. W. L. 

WILLIAM LITTLE TERHUNE 
Died January 5, 1869. 

SON of William Letson Terhune, (Rutgers A.B. 1835, A.M. 1838, born 
May 16, 1815; died December 27, 1907; Elder in Matawan Presby- 
terian Church for 60 years), and Margaret Little. Great grandfather, Abra- 
ham Terhune, was First Lieutenant in Captain Van Deventer's Regiment, 
N. J. militia during the Revolutionary War. William Little, his grandfather, 
on his mother's side, started the first school and the first bank in Matawan. 
Born, Matawan, N. J., February 15, 1848. Matawan his only place of resi- 
dence, except during a part of his preparatory course, and during his college 
days, he made his home with his grandfather, Judge John Terhune, of New 
Brunswick. Prepared in the schools of Matawan and in the private school 
of Doctor, later Professor Gustavus Fischer, in New Brunswick. In college 
nearly four years, until his death, during the holiday vacation of his Senior 
year. The faculty of the college, his class, and the fraternity to which he 
belonged were well represented at the funeral in the Presbyterian Church of 
Matawan on January 8. Dr. Campbell, also at the request of the faculty, 
preached a very touching memorial discourse in the College Chapel January 
17. Junior orator. Fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Intended to study 
law. Relatives among alumni of Rutgers: William Letson Terhune, 1835, 
father; Rev. Edward Payson Terhune, D.D., 1850, uncle; Howard D. Ter- 
hune, 1878, uncle; John Terhune, 1879, brother; Professor Henry Veghte, 
1877, a distant cousin. Other information: Three brothers and one sister 
living: James L. Terhune, for many years cashier of the First National Bank 
of Red Bank, N. J.; John Terhune, Vice President First National Bank of 
Long Branch, N. J.; Henry S. Terhune, Judge of the Court of Errors and 
Appeals of the State of New Jersey; and Miss Margaret Little Terhune, 
residing in Matawan. Ancestors were French Huguenots, who went to Hol- 
land, married there, and, in 1640, came to Long Island, and then to New 
Jersey. Parents celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in the same house 
in which, on October 10, 1843, they were married. A remarkable feature of 
the affair, the best man, Hon. Henry Stafford Little, the bride's brother, 
and Mrs. Dumont Frelinghuysen, of Somerville, N. J., the bridesmaid, were 
both living at the time and were invited to the anniversary. See personal 
and obituary notices in The Targum of January and February, 1869, and 
pamphlet containing President W. H. Campbell's memorial sermon, Targum 
editorial and fraternity resolutions. G. W. L. W. E. G. 



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JACOB CRAIG VAN BLARCOM 
Died August 24, 1908. 

SON of Jacob Van Riper Van Blarcom, farmer and merchant, who also 
served two terms in the New Jersey State Legislature, and Euphemia 
Maria Dixon. His first parental American ancestor was John Van Blarcom, 
who came from Amsterdam, Holland, in 1621, and settled in New Jersey; 
he married Magdaleentje Thennis, and from them the line descends through 
their son Gylbert and his wife Elena Lacomba; their son Jans and his wife, 
Vrouwtjen Kip; their son Hendricks, and his wife Annatje VanWinkel; 
their son Johannis and his wife Antje Jacobusse; their son Brant and his 
wife Getty Van Riper, who were the grandparents of Jacob C. Van Blarcom. 
Hendrick, or Heindrick Van Blarcom, his great great grandfather, was a Cap- 
tain in the Second Regiment, Essex Co., N. J., Continental Troops during the 
Revolutionary War. Brant Van Blarcom, his grandfather, was the first 
mayor of Paterson, N. J. Born at Warren Point, in Bergen County, across 
the river from Paterson, June 1, 1849. Lived there and in Paterson before 
entering college. Prepared in the public schools and in the private school of 
Samuel Hosford of Paterson, and in some preparatory school of Jersey City. 
Was in college one year. Zeta Psi fraternity. In 1866 went to St. Louis, 
Mo., where he spent the rest of his life. He entered there the employ of Peter- 
sonj Hanthorn & Co., wholesale saddlery, hardware, and leather merchants, 
and so quickly did he master the details of the business that during the epi- 
demic of cholera in the fall of the same year, he was sent out to take the place 
of a traveling salesman who refused to go into the fever stricken cities of the 
South. His progress thenceforth was rapid, and in 1870, despite his youth, 
he was invested with the power of attorney to liquidate all the business of 
the firm and close up its affairs. Subsequently he was appointed head ac- 
countant of the National Bank of Commerce of St. Louis; at age of 28 cashier, 
then Vice-President, and in 1905 President. He assisted in organizing the 
Missouri Edison Company, and the Missouri Electric Light and Power Com- 
pany of St. Louis, and was interested with Clay Pierce and other St. Louis 
capitalists in the Mexico Central Railway. Later he assisted in financing 
the Tennessee Central Railway, of which he was President until a short time 
before his death. He was also Vice-President of the Burlington Elevator 
Co., and a director in the St. Louis Car Wheel Co., the St. Louis Portland 
Cement Co., and the Phoenix National Bank of New York, as well as Presi- 
dent of the St. Louis Clearing House and a member of the Merchants' Ex- 
change. He was also treasurer of the committee who raised funds in St. Louis 
for the San Francisco earthquake sufferers in 1906. A member of the Sons 
of the Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Holland Society of New 
York, the New York and Union Club of New York, the Adirondack Club, 
and the St. Louis Commercial, Log Cabin, Cuivre Hunting and Noonday 
Clubs of St. Louis. Avocation, shooting and fishing. Married in Chicago, 
111., January 19, 1871, Mary Fairfax, daughter of James M. Gamble, of 
Bloomington, 111., and Mary Walker Hodge. He died at his summer home, 



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Little Moose Lake, in the Adirondacks, near Old Forge, N. Y. Children: 
Leslie Craig Van Blarcom, born January 12, 1873; Frederick Van Blarcom, 
born June 20, 1885. Jacob C. Van Blarcom was 12th in descent from Hon. 
Nicasius de Sille, who was pensionary of the city of Amsterdam, and was 
one of the ambassadors to Queen Elizabeth of England, and afterwards am- 
bassador to Denmark and to Germany. He was also 10th in descent from 
Hon. Nicasius de Sille, who was First Counsellor to Peter Stuyvessant, at 
that time Director General of New Netherland. G. W. L. 




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NATHANAEL BOARD 
Died March 22, 1900. 

ASSISTANT to Engineer of Public Parks of New York City. M.Sc. 
(Rutgers 1872). 
Persistent efforts to obtain further data unavailing. W. E. G. 

SIMEON EASTLAKE BUCKNELL 
Died June 20, 1903. 

SON of Samuel Rooker Bucknell, man of business, and Lydia Stokes East- 
lake. Born at Philadelphia, Pa., May 16, 1850. Life before entering 
college, at Marlton, N. J., Haddonfield, N. J., New York City, and New 
Brunswick, N. J. Educated mostly at Grammar School No. 35, in Thirteenth 
Street, New York City, under Principal Hunter, 1863-1866; his earlier years 
having been spent in country schools of New Jersey. Was graduated from 
Rutgers College in 1869. Won second prize for essay. Elected member of 
the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Studied medicine and was graduated from 
the St. Louis Medical College 1875. Resided in Indianapolis, Ind., 1869-70, 
St. Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis (across the river). In surgical and medical 
practice. Two years at Shipman, nine years at New Douglas, and at Al- 
hambra, until his decease; in all, twenty-five years. For a time, was civil 
engineer at Indianapolis and at St. Louis. Degree of M.Sc. (Rutgers, 1872), 
A.M. (Rutgers, 1878); M.D. (St. Louis Medical College, 1875). In church 
connection, Baptist. In politics, Republican. Was married at O'Fallon, 111., 
in August 1873, to Marion A. Cochrane, daughter of James M. Cochrane 
and Jane Philbrook Cochrane, his wife. Of this union were born Nellie Lydia 
(Hale), June 25, 1874; Samuel Kazlitt Ackerman, January 6, 1876; Eliza- 
beth (Stewart), December 11, 1877; Marion Augusta (McKittrick), April 
1, 1879; Anna Maria (McKittrick), February 24, 1881; Inez Acola, No- 
vember 22, 1888, (died December, 1888). He contributed many articles to 
medical journals, from 1875 to 1890. Wrote a number of serial stories, for 
the Central Christian Advocate, from 1885 to 1895. Charitable to a fault, 
he was noted for philanthropy, specially in caring for the sick poor. He was, 
at different times, president, secretary or treasurer of the Madison County 
Medical Society. 

Data furnished by Samuel K. A. Bucknell, his brother, Haddon Heights, 
N. J.; and Samuel K. A. Bucknell, his son, National Stock Yards, 111. 

W. E. G. 

HOLMES VAN MATER DENNIS 
Freehold, N. J. 

SON of Jesse Appleton Dennis, A.M., lawyer, and Catherine Van Mater. 
Descended from (1) Thomas Dennis (1638-1706) of Ipswich, Mass., a 
soldier in King Philip's War; (2) John Dennis (1683-1757) of Ipswich, Mass.. 



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an Ensign and Lieutenant in Ipswich Foot Company; (3) Rev. John Dennis 
(1708-1773), a graduate of Harvard College in 1730; (4) Arthur Dennis 
(1745-1825), a soldier and Sergeant in the Revolutionary War; Rev. Rodney 
Gove Dennis (1791-1865), a graduate of Bodowin College in 1816, and of 
Andover Theological Seminary in 1819; (6) Jesse Appleton Dennis (1824- 
1854) Amherst College, 1842, A.M. degree from Rutgers College in 1845. 
Born near Holmdel, N. J., April 11, 1849. Residences before entering col- 
lege, Monmouth County, N. J.; Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Darien, Ga. Prepared 
in public schools and Freehold Institute, Freehold, N. J. Graduated at Rut- 
gers with B.Sc. Residences since graduation, New York City, 1870-'77; 
Newtown, L. I., 1877-'81; Freehold, N. J., 1881-1916. Civil Engineer, (re- 
tired); farmer, (retired); President Freehold Gas Light Company; Presi- 
dent Monmouth County Farmers' Exchange; Director Central National 
Bank of Freehold, N. J. M.Sc. Rutgers, 1872. Church connection, Dutch 
Reformed. Democrat. Avocation, motoring and golf. First, married 
Eugenia C. Baird, December 26, 1871; second, married Caroline E. Baird, 
September 6, 1876; first and second wives were sisters, and daughters of 
David Baird and Anne E. Conover. Son, Holmes Van Mater Dennis, jr., 
born in New York City, February 5, 1873. Relatives among Rutgers alumni: 
James Appleton Dennis, '45, father; Holmes V. M. Dennis, jr., '94, son; 
William A. Van Mater, '69, first cousin; Daniel Van Mater '73, first cousin; 
Joseph A. Van Mater '80, first cousin; Henry G. Cook '98, second cousin. 

G. W. L. 



JOSHUA DOUGHTY, JR. 

Somerville, N. J. 

SON of Joshua Doughty, merchant, Somerville, N. J., and State Senator, 
and Susan M. Southard. Doughty and Ludlow ancestors in Revolu- 
tionary War. Wm. L. Dayton, Minister to France, was of his family. Samuel 
L. Southard, U. S. Senator and Secretary of Navy also of his family. Gov- 
enor Ludlow, of New Jersey was a cousin of his father. Born at Somerville, 
N. J., February 28, 1844. Residences before entering college, Somerville, 
except while at school at Lawrenceville, N. J. Schools, Somerville until 
1864, Lawrenceville until 1866. Graduated at Rutgers with B.S. Prize in 
Minerology. M.Sc, Rutgers 1872. Residence since leaving college, Somer- 
ville only. Licensed pharmacist while proprietor of drug store. Practical 
engineering ever since graduation. Borough Engineer of Bound Brook, Somer- 
ville and Paritan. Acting Engineer also for Flemington. County Engineer 
of Somerset Co., N. J., since 1886. Officer in lodge and chapter in Free 
Masonery. Also in lodge of Redmen. Attendant at Episcopal church. Demo- 
crat. Married, 1878, Phillipsburg, N. J., Lillian M. Teel, daughter of Lewis 
M. Teel. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, the Daytons and Ludlows. 
Writings: Articles on road surveys and road construction, published in State 
Road Reports, Trenton, N. J. G. W. L. 



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J. RIDGWAY FELL 
Trenton, N. J. 

SON of Henry R. Fell, contracting, and Rachel Woolverton. Father's 
family came over with William Penn. Mother's family in time of Rev- 
olution, located in Hunterdon Co., N. J., and several of them took part in 
that war. Born in Bucks Co., Pa., August 29, 1846. Residences before en- 
tering college, Bucks Co., Pa., Baltimore, Md., and Trenton, N. J. Pre- 
pared in private school 1861-4 in winter months only, — balance of time worked 
at trade. In Model School, Trenton, 1864-6 the same. Served apprentice- 
ship as machinist. Class President of Scientific Section, 1866-7, and again 
in 1868-9, also Secretary of combined class 1868-9. Graduated with B.Sc, 
M.Sc. Rutgers, 1872. Residences since leaving college: Pennsylvania, 6 
years, New York, 2 years, New Jersey. Engineering on various railroads, 
1869-1881. Superintendent Lykens Valley Coal Co., and Summit Branch 
Collieries, 1881-6. Various engineering work, 1886-92. Engineer City of 
Trenton, 1892-4. Engineering and contracting, railroads, trolley roads, 
sewers, etc. 1894-1911. In 1911 elected City Commissioner. Department 
Streets and Public Improvements. Constructed Filtration Plant, 30,000,000 
gallons' capacity for the city. 1915, re-elected City Commissioner. Past 
Master of Masons. Church connection, Friends (known as Quakers). In 
Philadelphia, Pa., February 15, 1877, married Laura Miller, daughter of 
William and Rachel Miller. Children: J. Henry Fell, born September 5, 
1878; Frank Fell, born April 12, 1880; Reba Fell, born February 10, 1886; 
Scott Miller Fell, born October 10, 1887; C. Dawson Fell, born June 8, 1890. 
Relatives among alumni, Scott Miller Fell, son, 1911. G. W. L. 

EDWARD SEALY 

369 Washington Street, Newark, N. J. 

OON of John Sealy, manufacturer, and Lydia Tuttle. Born at Newark, 
^ N. J., January 3rd, 1850, lived in Newark and at Madison, N. J., pre- 
paring for Rutgers College in the public schools of the former city until 1860, 
at Madison Academy until 1863, and at Newark Academy until 1867. In 
college won first prize for scientific thesis, was on The Targum board of edi- 
tors, and was president of the Scientific Literary Society. Member of the 
Philoclean Literary Society. Attended the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons in New York City, and the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, grad- 
uating in 1884, and lived in Newark to date, as practicing physician and sur- 
geon, and in attendance at the Hospital for Women and Children for diseases 
of the throat, and at the charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, all in Newark. 
Has been Vice-President of the Board of Governors of the Hospital for Women 
and Children to date, and also member of the Board of Trustees, from 1910 
to date, of the Neward Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary in Newark, N. J. 
Received degree of B.S. and M.Sc. from Rutgers College, 1869. Church 
connection, First Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. J. In politics, Republi- 
can. Author of Chronic Inversion of the Uterus, in Journal of Ocstetrics, 
1909, Win. Wood & Co. J. H. 



24 Class of 1869 

AUGUSTUS VAN DER VEER 
Died April 9, 1902. 

SON of Isaac Van der Veer, farmer, Rocky Hill, N. J., and Mary Skillman. 
Born at Rocky Hill, June 4, 1850. Residence before entering college, 
Rocky Hill. Prepared at Rocky Hill and at Princeton Preparatory School. 
Phi Beta Kappa. Graduated at Rutgers with B.Sc. M.Sc, Rutgers, 1872. 
Residences after leaving college, Rocky Hill, 5 years, 1869-74; Somerville, 
N. J., 7 years^ 1874-81; Buffalo, N.*Y., one year, 1882; Trenton, N. J., 1884; 
Somerville, 1884-1902. Civil Engineer with D. L. & W., and Pennsylvania 
railroads. Deputy County Clerk, Somerville, N. J., 18 years. Member 
First Reformed Church, Somerville. Deacon there. Democrat. Married, 
June 15, 1882, Somerville, N. J., Evelyn M. Gaston, daughter of Hugh M. 
Gaston, Esq., and Frances M. Prevost. Children: Hugh Gaston Van der 
Veer, born March 21, 1883; Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Van der Veer, born April 
20, 1884. Relatives among Rutgers alumni: George V. Van der Veer, 1879, 
brother. "Quiet and unostentatious in his life, gentle and kindly to all, never 
turning away from any who called upon him for help or sympathy." 

G. W. L. 

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS VAN MATER 
Belford, N. J. 

SON of Gilbert H. Van Mater, farmer, at Holmdel, N. J., and Sarah 
Holmes. Born at Holmdel, N. J., January 9, 1849. Residence before 
entering college, Holmdel. Prepared at Woodhull School, Freehold, N. J., 
and at Glenwood Institute, Matawan, N. J. Graduated with B.Sc, M.Sc. 
Rutgers, 1872. Residences since leaving college, in Monmouth County until 
1878, then in Virginia for three years, and since then back to original place. 
Previous to 1883 was engaged in farming, engineering and surveying. From 
1883 to 1906 (23 years continuously), First Assistant Engineer, then Engineer 
Main of Way on N. J. Southern Division, C. R. R. of N. J. Since 1906, en- 
gineering and surveying railroad, county, and private work. Church con- 
nection, Reformed Church in America. Republican. Avocation, all good 
sports. Relatives among Rutgers laumni: Holmes V. M. Dennis, '69, cousin; 
Holmes V. M. Dennis, jr., '94, cousin once removed; Joseph A. Van Mater 
'94, cousin. G. W. L. 

ABRAM DE HART VOORHEES 
Died January 16, 1911. 

SON of John Schenck Voorhees, farmer, and Sarah Van Doren. Born at 
Three Mile Run, N. J., March 25, 1848. Prepared for college at Claver- 
ack, N. Y. Was awarded the degree of M.Sc. by Rutgers College, in 1872. 
Church connection, Reformed, Franklin Park, N. J. After graduation, re- 
mained on the ancestral home throughout his life. Unmarried. Among 
Rutgers alumni were his brothers, the late Judge Peter Voorhees, class of 
1873, and the late John S. Voorhees, Prosecutor, class of 1876. J. H. 



SCIENTIFIC NON-GRADUATES 



SYMMES BERGEN 
No. 588 Chestnut Avenue, Trenton, N. J. 

SON of John Stryker Bergen, farmer and fruit grower, and Catherine 
Amanda Hunt, of Dutch ancestry, who settled at Holland, N. J., and 
after whom the county and the place received their names. Born at Prince- 
ton, N. J., August 9, 1849. "A husky farmer's boy, attended the village 
district school," and received further education at Clark Boarding School, 
Cranbury, N. J., for three years and at the Schenck Preparatory School at 
Princeton, N. J., for three years. Was three years in Rutgers College. In 
the Rutgers Scientific Literary Society. Since leaving college spent twenty- 
two years-as farmer, near Princeton, N. J., and twenty-five years at Trenton, 
N. J., with the American Steel and Wire Company, manufacturers of steel 
and wire rope and a subsidiary of the United Stated Steel Corporation. In 
church connection, trustee in the Dutch Neck Reformed Church for ten 
years; trustee of the Bethany Presbyterian Church, Trenton, N. J., for 
nine years and ruling elder in the same, for fifteen years. A life-long Sunday 
School teacher. For five years president of the local Y. M. C. A., and work- 
ing among young people and in charitable organizations. In politics Republi- 
can. In college days an enthusiastic baseball player. Married, December 
12, 1872, at Cranbury, N. J., to Miss Margaret A. Duncan, daughter of An- 
drew J. Duncan of same place and graduate of the Steubenville (0.) Young 
Ladies' Seminary. No children. George Hutchinson, class of 1898, cousin. 
Successful farmer, a reliable accountant, steadfast in business and ever active 
in behalf of his fellow men. W. E. G. 

SPENCER HOUGHTON CONE 
Larchmont, N. Y. 

SON of Spencer Cone and Josephine Maitland. Born in New York City, 
November 23rd, 1881. Descended from Colonel Joab Houghton and 
Major General Spencer of the New Jersey Line, in the War of the Revolution, 
and Rev. Spencer Houghton Cone, D.D., who was born at Princeton, N. J. 
Educated in the College of New Jersey, Dr. Cone became in turn actor, edi- 
tor, soldier in the War of 1812 t and preacher. Ordained to the Baptist min- 
istry in 1815, he was pastor at Alexandria, Va. (1816-1823), Oliver St. Church, 
New York (1823-1841); First Baptist Church, (1841-1855); an able pulpit 
orator and President of the American Bible Society and of the American 
Bible Union, he was an advocate for a new version of the Bible. "Memoir" 
by his son, Spencer Wallace Cone. S. H. Cone of '69, lived in New York 
and at New Brunswick and Larchmont, N. Y. Educated in the public schools 
and Rutgers Grammar School under Dr. dispell. Was two years in Rut- 
gers College. In Zeta Psi fraternity. Has lived since in Larchmont, N. Y. 



26 Class of 1869 

In the theatrical profession. In politics a Democrat. Married, March 15, 
1895, to Miss Mary Stewart, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Of this union were born 
Kathlyn Anna Cone, December 11, 1895; Spencer Houghton Cone, jr., June 
14, 1905. Constantly active in business since graduation. J. H. 



HENRY CLAY FREESE 
Hays, Ellis County, Kansas. 

SON of Jacob R. Freese, M.D., College of Philadelphia, Assistant Adjutant 
General of New Jersey State militia from August 24, 1861, acting as such 
on the staff of Generals Hentzelman and Joseph Hooker, and editor for many 
years of The Gazette, Trenton, N. J., and Lily S. Swayze, formerly of Warren 
County, N. J. Forefathers came from Friesland, the most northern province 
of the Netherlands. Born September 28, 1848, in Warren County, N. J., 
and named after Henry Clay, from whom a personal letter was received. Lived 
at Bloomington, 111., and at Trenton, N. J. Educated in the schools of these 
places, and was one year in Princeton College. Moved from New Jersey 
to Philadelphia in 1851, to Bloomington, 111. in 1855; to Cincinnati for one 
year and back to New Jersey in 1858. Diligent while in Rutgers College, 
improving every hour, with no interest in "outside festivities." Visited west- 
tern Europe in 1867, meeting kinsfolk in Friesland. From 1868 to 1871, in 
Chicago, in the wholesale lumber business. From 1871 to 1878, in Trenton, 
N. J., and at Hays, Kansas to date. "In real estate business and in United 
States pension and land work, from 1882 to date. Editor of the Free Press, 
the oldest newspaper in Ellis County, Kansas, thirty-one years, from Sep- 
tember 1882 to 1913. Now, a retired business man. In politics, but never 
asked or held office. Never joined societies or church, as a newspaper man 
must be independent of all entanglements so as to be free to comment on 
the wolves in these. But a warm friend and advocate of everybody else 
'jinin' Family of parents Episcopalian. Family here all Pres- 
byterian Formerly Republican. Then with the famous Al- 
liance and People's Party to break from the rings in both parties. Then In- 
dependent, intelligent enough to pick my men from the list of candidates. 
Avocation or sport (hobby), none Love every- 
body Friend to everybody. Known as 'Daddy Freese' in 

my own town, but attend strictly to my own affairs within myself." Mar- 
ried at Trenton, N. J., December 25, 1872 T in the Presbyterian Church, 
Miss L. Amelia Howell, of Sussex County, N. J., student in the State Nor- 
mal School of Trenton, N. J., daughter of R. H. Howell, for years keeper 
of the New Jersey State Prison. Of this union, six children were born, two 
dying in infancy. The others are Lily S., born June, 1875; Lauretta H., 
born in 1877, in New Jersey, and both married, living respectively in 
Memphis, Tenn., and at Lemoore, Calif.; Alice L., born in Kansas, 1881, 
single, lives at home; John H., born in Kansas, married, living in Los 
Angeles, Calif. W. E. G. 



Scientific Non-Graduates 27 

CORNELIUS WYCKOFF GARRETSON 
Dead. Persistent attempts to locate kin or relatives unavailing. 

HENRY C. HOPPER 
Persistent attempts to locate unavailing. 

GEORGE DENMAN MEEKER 
Died November 22, 1896. 

SON of Josiah Meeker, merchant, and Cathrine Freighly Byram, was born 
at Succasuna, New Jersey, March 31, 1849. Childhood spent in his 
native town. Prepared for college in the Mendham Academy. Was one 
year in Rutgers College. Lived later at Morristown, N. J.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; 
Boonton, Dover and South Orange, N. J., and in New York City. Was 
bookkeeper in the First National Bank, at Morristown, N. J. After serving 
three different banking firms in New York, became Cashier of the National 
Bank of Dover for twelve years. Cashier of the National City Bank of New 
York for three years and until the time of his decease. In religion a Pres- 
byterian, and always active in church and Sunday school work. In politics, 
Republican. Married October 13, 1875, to Miss Cornelia M. Able, daughter 
of John S. Able, Boonton, N. J. Of this union were born Mary Cornelia, 
April 21, 1877; George Maxwell, January 3, 1882, and Marion Able, Febru- 
ary 15, 1889. Mr. Edward J. Meeker of the class of 1896 was a relative. 
Mr. Meker gave close attention, most of his life, to business and was a val- 
ued member of society until his death, November 22, 1896. W. E. G. 

DUMONT FRELINGHUYSEN MERCER 
Died January 19, 1882. 

SON of Wm. Theodore Mercer, physician, and Gertrude Frelinghuysen 
Mercer. Born at Newark, New Jersey, January 23rd, 1850, lived in 
Newark and prepared for college at the Newark Academy. Was a year or 
more in Rutgers College, and returned to Newark in which city and in New 
York he was engaged until his decease. In church connection, Episcopal. 
In politics, Republican. Among relatives in Rutgers College were his brother 
Archibald Mercer, of the class of 1868, and students from the Frelinghuysen, 
Nevius, Elmendorf and Vroom families. W. E. G. 

MARVIN REUBEN MERCHANT 
Dead. Persistent attempts to locate kin or relatives unavailing. 

THOMAS M. MURRAY 
Died November 24, 1907. 

SON of John Murray, of Delhi, N. Y., contractor, making a specialty of 
bridge building, and Ellen Middlenum. Born at Delhi, June 18, 1847. 
Delhi only place of residence before entering college. Prepared in district 
schools of Delaware Co., N. Y., and in Delaware Academy at Delhi, grad- 



28 Class of 1869 

uating therefrom at age of fifteen. In 1866 entered Rutgers Scientific School, 
and remained in College until January, 1869. In June, 1868, he won the 
tub race across the Raritan River at New Brunswick, being the only one who 
was successful in getting across the river, using wooden paddles. Residences 
since leaving college: Paterson, Newark, Highland Park 1891-7, Plainfield 
1897-1901, New Brunswick 1901 until death, — all in New Jersey. After 
he left college he went into business with his father and his uncle, Dr. David 
Murray, Professor in Rutgers College. In the manufacture of brick at or 
near Singac, N. J., about four miles from Paterson. For a time also he was 
in the real estate and auction business in New York City. In 1879 he became 
a contractor for the building of docks and bridges. In 1888 he became as- 
sociated with the Thomson-Houston Co., of Boston, in electrical contract 
work, and in 1889 formed a co-partnership with J. D. Murray in the build- 
ing and equipping of electrical railroads. He built trolley lines in Paterson, 
N. J., in Bridgeport, Conn., and elsewhere. He was Superintendent of Con- 
struction of the New Brunswick Trolley System, and aided largely in se- 
curing the necessary capital for that enterprise. Church connection, Presby- 
terian, but not a member. A Republican in politics. A lover of fine horses. 
Married, in March 2, 1869, in the First Presbyterian Church at New Bruns- 
wick, Helen W. Wyckoff, daughter of Peter N. Wyckoff and Emma H. Price. 
Children: Florence, deceased, married Joel B. Harvey; Emma, married 
Robert B. Strong; Ellen, married Rev. Jesse L. Durfee. Relatives among 
Rutgers alumni: David Murray, 1873, of Delhi, N. Y., first cousin; Asher 
Murray, 1879, of Delhi, first cousin; Norbury C. Murray, 1906, of East 
Orange, second cousin; Rev. Jesse F. Durfee, 1910, son-in-law. Mr. Mur- 
ray's great achievement was the success he made of his railroad contract 
work, and especially his success in the establishment of the New Brunswick 
trolley system. When a student in Delaware Academy, just before the break- 
ing out of the Civil War, some Southern students there decided to tear down 
the Stars and Stripes waving over the school. Mr. Murray and others learn- 
ing of the plan, in their patriotism, resolved to thwart it. In the excitement 
of the scuffle that ensued our young hero jumped off a high embankment 
into the Delhi Creek and broke his right ankle, obliging him to use crutches 
a year or so. After leaving school, and working for his father a couple of 
years, he resolved to take a higher education and sought to enter West Point 
Military Academy. Through his uncle, Prof. David Murray, of New Bruns- 
wick, and Judge William Murray of Delhi, with the aid of Senator Roscoe 
Conkling, he secured the appointment and passed his examinations, doing 
exceptionally well in mathematics, but physically could not qualify, because 
of his injured ankle, which was enlarged. 

G. W. L. 



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ROBERT HENDERSON ROBERTSON 
331 Madison Avenue, New York City. 

SON of Archibald Robertson and Elizabeth Henderson, the former of Scot- 
tish parentage in New York, and the latter born in Perthshire, Scotland. 
Born at Philadelphia, Pa., April 29, 1849. Educated in the schools of Phil- 
adelphia — three or four years at the Gregory School and three years at the 
Fitz-Hugh School. One year in Edinburgh, Scotland. Spent two years in 
Rutgers College, in the Scientific Course and had the degree of B.A. con- 
ferred in 1913, and A.M. in 1916. Was stroke of College boat crew, in 1868. 
Member of the Delta Phi fraternity. Studied architecture in offices of George 
B. Post, Henry Sims, and Edward Potter in New York City, from 1868 to 
1872. Member of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and later of Brick 
Presbyterian Church. In politics, Republican. Recreation, golf, shooting 
and fishing. Married, April 29th, 1873, to Miss Charlotte Markoe, daughter 
of Dr. Thomas Markoe of New York City. Since leaving college has lived 
in New York City in practice of his profession until 1914, when he retired. 
Has one son, Thomas Markoe Robertson, born January 10, 1879. 

J. H. 

GEORGE CLARENCE TOWLE 

417 George Street, New Brunswick, N. J. 

"DORN of Henry Towle, merchant, and Justina Funtman, at New Bruns- 
■*-' wick, September 22nd, 1849,. and has lived in New Brunswick and at 
Highland Park, N. J. Received four years' education at private schools 
and in the Grammar School. He played on the college baseball team against 
Princeton, while at Rutgers Preparatory School. Was three years in college. 
Charter member of the "Chi Phi fraternity." After college life lived at New- 
ard, N. J., one year; Marseilles, 111., four years; Elizabeth, N. J., three years; 
and ever since lived at Metuchen, N. J., where he now resides — Office 417 
George St., New Brunswick, N. J. Has been a merchant and is now in the 
real estate and insurance business. In politics, Republican. Married at 
Cole's Creek, Pa., November 11th, 1889, to Clare R. Fritz, his first wife; 
and at New Brunswick, N. J., March 3rd, 1915, to Anna Eastborn, his sec- 
ond wife. His children are Marguerite J., born August 19, 1890; M. Sydnie, 
November 24th, 1893; Clare F., October 18th, 1896; Annie K., May 31st, 
1899; George C, jr., December 6th, 1900. One daughter married to L. B. 
Van Dyke, August 19, 1913, who has two children. Among the alumni of 
Rutgers College are his relatives, Charles T. Cowenhoven, 1862; C. S. See, 
1867; L. K. Van Dyke, 1911, and C. T. Cowenhoven, jr., 1900. 

W. E. G. 



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